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In order for a community to truly thrive, there needs to be a spirit of compassion among its members. Raising children with an understanding of how to use this compassion to help others in need is a lofty goal. Thankfully,...

Stronger Together In 2008, two longtime dairy farming families joined forces to create C&M Dairy, LLC. The Chesters of Cedar Meadows Farm and the Moultons of Paradise Valley Farm combined acreage and animals to work together to keep their operations going in far northern New York just twelve miles south of...

The Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, features one of the finest dairy farms in America and a museum of Vermont’s rural past. The farm continues a long tradition of agricultural excellence, dating back to 1871, when...

Precious Heritage In 1930, when Frank and Edith Moore bought their 120-acre farm in Malone, they walked 30 Holstein cattle 35 miles to the new farm over the course of three days. Twenty-five years later, their eldest son Carl, took...

Bristol County Agricultural High School is most unique amongst its cooperative members. Seated along the banks of the Taunton River in Dighton, MA, the school owns more than 280 acres and features 27 buildings, many built by the schools students...

Power Pioneer The average person wouldn’t look at a cow pat and think “clean energy,” but Blue Spruce Farm has been a pioneer in efficiently recycling manure from their cows into electric power, fertilizer and even cozy bedding for their herd. In partnership with Green Mountain Power, the farm served as...

Divide and Conquer Bill Banker, his wife Corinne, and his brother Bruce are partners in Blue Hill Farm. They brought the name with them from Connecticut where the brothers grew up on a farm overlooking a hill with a blue tint. When they moved to...

Sustainable Systems Longview Farm has been in the Barstow family since 1806 and the sixth and seventh generations now in charge are doing everything they can to continue this long run far into the future. Brothers David and Steven and...

School to Farm Like many areas of the country, suburban Nashua, New Hampshire has seen its agricultural land steadily replaced by housing subdivisions thanks to its location about 45 miles northwest of Boston. Along with the loss of farms comes decreased understanding of what...

Cows Over Apples Jon Rulfs was raised in a pair of family farming businesses: Adirondack Farms dairy and Rulfs Orchard. “I grew up with apples and cows,” he recounts, “and when the time came, I chose to go with the...